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Human Rights Watch Calls for Criminal Probe of U.S. Hospital Strike in Afghanistan

HeadlineDec 22, 2015

Meanwhile, in other news on Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch has called for the U.S. military bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz to be investigated as a possible criminal act. In a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Human Rights Watch says, “If the current investigation does not include a criminal inquiry, we call on you to order a criminal investigation.” The attack killed 42 people. Doctors Without Borders has called for an independent probe.

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